a. Dan Pink states in the video that there is a “mismatch between what science knows and what business does”. What does he mean by this in the video? Explain in detail.

b. Under what conditions do rewards work? Under what conditions don’t rewards work?

c. Define “Autonomy, Mastery, and Purpose” and explain their importance in job design.

d. What is the ROWE Model and is this something you think you would enjoy as an employee? Would you also like to use this as a manager of others?

c

• Discuss your opinion on the responsibility of a business to adapt to the increasing culturally diverse populations, and make a suggestion on how these issues could be addressed.
• Share an example of a current issue on this topic that you feel is relevant to the discussion.

Briefly discuss how a nonprofit's marketing efforts may differ from a for-profit business.

1. Rosa Wilkins gives 30-minute therapeutic massages at a local gym. All of her Monday and Friday appointments are taken and she has a waiting list for those who would like to move their regular massage to the first or the last day in the week. At the end of those days Wilkins is exhausted. Demand on Tuesdays and Thursdays is at an acceptable level, but no one seems to want a massage on Wednesday. Wilkins wishes she could convince some of her Monday and Friday customers to come on Wednesday. Can you give her some ideas to help shift the demand for her service?

2.Select appropriate cost allocation methods for various sales management situations. Describe how to implement such methods.

Helen Croker owns Divine Denim, a growing company making made to measure, designer denim jeans and jackets. She uses organic yarn-dyed cotton denim of different weights depending on the garment that she is making. Although she prefers to take the measurements herself, she is now making denim clothes for international customers using the self-measuring system she has developed and put online. For her custom clients, she takes measurements or uses the measurements supplied through her customers’ online application. She uses these measurements to alter the pattern for the design chosen by the client. The pattern is sent to the Cutting Department and the cut material then transferred to the Machining Department.

Helen has recently expanded into a Ready to Wear (RTW) collection which is made in Australia and sold online at a cheaper price point than the made to measure clothing.

Helen designs the RTW clothes and sends the designs to a pattern maker. She previously had two machinists working for her and has just expanded to 8 machinists and a cutter in an expanded factory to manufacture the RTW clothing. One of the machinists uses the riveting and buttonhole machines. Helen has the latest computerised machines enabling her to complete a single setup for all machines from an iPad. She has an administrator who manages the payroll, orders, creditors, delivery and invoicing. An IT expert works 2.5 days a week and manages the company's website, other IT issues and online presence including monthly podcasts. A bookkeeping service is used for basic bookkeeping, GST returns and preparing information for the tax agent.

Helen decided that she needs better cost control and regular information and has asked your firm of accountants, Good Numbers, to provide her assistance to maintain and grow her expanding business.

Question 1 Business background

As part of your initial meeting with Helen, you are concerned to find out as much as possible about the business and the strategies that she plans to use. To start this discussion, you explain to her Porter’s Five Forces and Porter's Strategy Model and how these can affect her costs and sales. You ask Helen to explain to you how she thinks the forces in Porter's model affect the custom clothing and the RTW businesses and the strategies she will take with these different products.

Required:

1. Prepare an explanation of Porter's Five Forces model and of Porter's broad-based organisational strategies for Helen.
2. Prepare a statement from Helen setting out how she sees the forces affecting both the made to measure clothing and the RTW business and the general strategies that she is adopting for each of these businesses. Ensure that you use the background information above to support Helen’s approach to Porter's Five Forces model and Porter’s broad-based organisational strategies.

Which of the following statements is true of conflicts?

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Human conflict is not a normal occurrence.

Managers should pursue all the conflicts in which employees are involved.

Interaction among parties who differ in interests leads to conflict.

Conflicts always end in hostility and frustration.

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Question 20.1 pts

Which of the following statements is true about negative conflicts?

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They boost esteem or purpose.

They decrease innovation and creativity.

They decrease emotionality.

They increase values clarification.

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Question 30.1 pts

According to the traditional view of conflict management, conflict is

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seen not only as an inevitable factor, but also as a necessary factor for maintaining a degree of tension that can be helpful in keeping a group creative.

seen as a positive force for change within organizations, groups, and relationships.

viewed as a result of dysfunctional managerial behavior and therefore should and could be stopped at the source.

viewed as a natural part of human existence and is accepted as a normal part of group interaction.

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Question 40.1 pts

According to the interactionist view of managing conflict, conflict is

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a result of dysfunctional managerial behavior and therefore should be stopped at the source.

a natural part of human existence and should be accepted as a normal part of relationships.

inevitable, but maintaining a degree of tension can actually be helpful in keeping a group energized and creative.

always bad and should be avoided at all costs.

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Question 50.1 pts

The different business units of Carlton Motors compete against each other for technology, supplies, equipment, and human talent. As a result, the management and the business units encounter frequent organizational conflicts. These conflicts are most likely to be a result of

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risky shifts.

groupthink.

social loafing.

limited resources.

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Question 60.1 pts

In terms of organizational conflicts, differences between members of one group is an

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intrapersonal conflict.

intergroup conflict.

intragroup conflict.

interorganizational conflict.

Period Demand

1 110

2 115

3 125

4 127

5 130

6 134

a) Prepare trend equation to forecast demand.

b) Forecast demand for periods 1 to 6 using the trend equation. Compute the errors associated with such forecasts c) Use the errors obtained in part b to create 2.0s control limits, where s  is the standard deviation. Create plot of the control chart with the associated points representing the errors from period 2 to period 6.

d) If demand in the next two periods turns out to be 120 and 135, can you conclude that the forecasts are in control?

Describe a waiting line situation that you regularly face in your daily life. Explain how you would improve the structure of that system by applying waiting line analysis.

Discuss the four components of the marketing mix and the areas that must be addressed to configure it for the international market.

You manage a work group of 20 employees in your office. One of your least productive employees, James, seems to miss a lot of work, is consistently behind on his projects, and makes a lot of errors. You decide that you need to watch him more closely, and enlist your Information Technology (IT) department for help. Which of these is allowed? Why/Why not? For full credit, EXPLAIN your answers, including any relevant laws, limitations, etc.

1. You ask IT to get you a report of every website James has visited and the amount of time spent on each

2. You ask IT to track where James is during the work day by using the GPS location feature on his company work phone

3. You ask your assistant to friend James on Facebook so you can see what kinds of things he posts about that might relate to his work productivity

4. You ask IT to automatically send you copies of all of James' emails.

5. You ask IT to set you up so that when James in on the phone, you can listen in.

6. You and James are both members of LinkedIn, and you review his account.

Explain how privacy rights are different for employees in the public sector, including what laws protect such rights, from Constitutional Protection, to statutory protection.

My course is focused on Resource Planning and Decisions. I choose to write about the company Netflix. The assignment needs to contain four elements organizational background, decisions to be addressed, SWOT analysis, and gap analysis. Details are not to clear but since my course is focused on decision making the assignment should tie into stragetic plan and decisions that Netflix should address.My main focus is also to conduct a gap analysis. Based on assignment, my paper includes:

An overview of the company, including its goals and mission

b) A brief history of the company, including its foundation and purpose

c) The products, goods, or services provided by the chosen company

d) A description of the customer base of the company

e) An overview of the markets served, including their current market shar

e f) Identification of the company’s major competitors

g) A description of the organizational structure (including overall responsibilities of the board of directors)

h) A breakdown of the company’s employee demographics

d, decisions to be addressed, SWOT analysis, and gap analysis

Thomas started work at a local warehouse, and completed all the required paperwork his employer asked him to provide. The employer asked for a photo copy of his Social Security card, a photocopy of his driver's license, and a copy of void check for his checking account so he could get direct deposit of his paychecks. Thomas owed his dentist $2,500 for dental work, and ignored the dentist's numerous demands for payment. The dentist eventually got a judgment against Thomas.

On Thomas's first payday, he sat down and wrote checks for his rent, his car payment, his insurance, and his credit cards. All the checks bounced, and Thomas then found out the dentist had garnished his bank account for the $2,500 judgment; he was wiped out. Thomas discovered that his new employer had shared his personnel file with the attorney for the dentist, because the lawyer had threatened to get a subpoena. To make matters worse, when Thomas confronted his employer, he was fired. Thomas had a terrible time finding a new job, and one of his friends from his old job confided that the HR director at the old company that fired him was telling potential new employers that Thomas was a rabble rouser, and a deadbeat who didn't pay his bills.

Thomas decides to sue his former employer for invasion of his privacy rights. He remembers from his Employment Law class that he might recover under various claims::

Intrusion into Seclusion

Public Disclosure of Private Facts

Publication in a False Light

Defamation

1. What theory(s) could Thomas use to sue his employer? List and explain the elements required to prove a prima facie case, and explain whether Thomas's case fits the bill.

2. What theory(s) would NOT work for Thomas's claim against his former employer? Why not?

1. If bluffing in business is ethical on at least some occasions, when would it not be ethical? Give some examples of when you might consider bluffing to be ethical, and some of when you definitely think bluffing would be unethical or improper. What would you define as “bluffing” in a business context?

The Impact of Cost on Normal Duty is reviewed by Gillespie. His opinion is that there are three cases where a normal or ordinary duty may cease to be so because the cost is too high. Those situations are:

1.       The moral cost of obeying a standard moral rule is too great, so one must make an exception to that rule. Example: In order to same someone’s life you would have to lie. The price of not lying is so high you should break the lesser rule.

2.       The cost to the individual is too high so the ordinary duty ceases to be a duty. Example: Your brakes give out while descending a steep hill. You have three options: drive across the center lane into oncoming traffic; drive over the cliff; or run into the car in front of you. In the first two options, the cost to the driver is too high, therefore, no one would criticize the selection of option three.

3.       If everyone is not doing what ought to be done, then one would be a fool to act differently. This approach keeps one from being disadvantaged. However, the goal should be to change the situation. But, if “bucking the system” will harm the individual or not do any good, the individual should not try to effect a change. Example: Everyone takes a short-cut across the grass instead of walking on the sidewalk at a location. You can take the sidewalk to set an example, but it probably will not change the other’s actions. (this is for second question)

2. Considering Gillespie, do you agree with his result that one person should not try to make a difference if the cost is too high? Where should the line be drawn about what makes a cost too high?

(Answer within 200 words)